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‘That Awful Guy’

November 19, 2009 11:19 amNovember 19, 2009 11:19 am

Monologue |Aired Wednesday night on CBS: The big news here in New York City, that awful guy, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — you know this guy? Terrorist mastermind, been down in Guantánamo Bay for seven years, bringing him to New York City, and he’s going to be on trial here in New York City. Now, the good news is it should be pretty entertaining because Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are hosting.

A new poll shows that President Obama’s approval rate is now under 50 percent. “Well, welcome to the club,” I said.

The White House has announced that they no longer recognize Fox as a news organization, which puts them about eight years behind the rest of us.

Did you see any of the Sarah Palin on the Oprah show? Wow. She said that she disagrees with Barack Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize. She said she thought it was premature, and she said other world leaders, other foreign dignitaries, are probably more deserving of that award. Of course, she couldn’t name any, but still.

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